Foxton Anniversary

[zenataomm]

123 years ago today

Yippee!

[Tonka]

12 hours ago, zenataomm said:

123 years ago today

Yippee!

make it a good one as it could be its last

 

[Heartland]

Foxton Locks is perhaps a better description. The boat lift was a tad bit younger!

[Jen-in-Wellies]

6 hours ago, Tonka said:

make it a good one as it could be its last

 

Foxton Locks will make a great dry ski slope when it is drained and filled in.

[Rob-M]

2 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

Foxton Locks will make a great dry ski slope when it is drained and filled in.

The boat lift could be restored as a fancy chair lift gondola to lift lots of skiers back to the top in one go.

[Ogwr]

Not much room to slalom at the locks ,maybe a ski jump?

[Pluto]

A photo of the Royal Commission on Waterways visiting Foxton from the photo album kept by Rachel Kay-Shuttlewoorth, preserved in Gawthorpe Hall library. The album is mainly of the Commission's foreign visits.

[matty40s]

Foxton was in the Domesday Book, 42 settlements in 1086, happy anniversary.

[Heartland]

The Old Grand Union Canal including the locks was opened to traffic in 1814, about 209 years ago. Foxon Incline plane was operational between 1901 and 1910, so the commencement of traffic would be about 122 years ago.

 

The BIG question is will it ever be restored and perhaps should it?

 

 

[matty40s]

47 minutes ago, Heartland said:

 

 

The BIG question is will it ever be restored and perhaps should it?

 

 

No, they decided a couple of years ago that it would be too expensive to maintain once built owing to modern H&S requirements on frequency of replacement of cabling.

[Guest]

Time to dig out some pics.